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one of his closest friends is barack obama. he has been the center of voter i.d. cases. fast and furious the refusal to prosecute the black panther party. eric holder is fol crum of what has been going on the last four years. i can't believe that he would have kept information from the president about a c.i.a. director being part of a federal investigation. if he did i think that is something. >> greta: he knew that david petraeus was part after an investigation. did the president do nothing? and did he didn't tell president obama, why not? is it time for him to be summoned to testimony. roberto gonzalez joins us. how do we determine that the attorney general of the united states should have told the president there was a federal investigation going on of the c.i.a. director assuming that he did not? >> well, i can't speak to what goes on within this administration. i can tell you this. if bob moehler had come to me and advised me that c.i.a. director was having an affair. i would have notified the president of united states. because it reflects extremely poor judgment.
one of his closest friends is barack obama. he has been the center of voter i.d. cases. fast and furious the refusal to prosecute the black panther party. eric holder is fol crum of what has been going on the last four years. i can't believe that he would have kept information from the president about a c.i.a. director being part of a federal investigation. if he did i think that is something. >> greta: he knew that david petraeus was part after an investigation. did the president do...
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since by the obama administration. but they include, of course, arm, equipping, financing and training terrorists who are killing our soldiers in iraq and afghanistan. that has been going on forever. it's gotten virtually no response. the obama administration designated the senior iranian officials for what they call the core pipeline, supplying al-qaeda, operatives and money that goes through iran in to pakistan. that is a big deal. that is our threat. that is our enemy in this war on terror that we continue to fight even though the president doesn't call it that. so this is, in the big scheme of things, this is yet another example of why the regime in iran is the problem. you can have negotiations about iran's nuclear program. but the regime is the core problem. >> bret: i guess is this a sign that iran is getting more bold? >> it's a sign, they are telegraphing to us. to the hardliners and softliners. and their government as well, they are not afraid in the united states, they know that they have the upper hand in t
since by the obama administration. but they include, of course, arm, equipping, financing and training terrorists who are killing our soldiers in iraq and afghanistan. that has been going on forever. it's gotten virtually no response. the obama administration designated the senior iranian officials for what they call the core pipeline, supplying al-qaeda, operatives and money that goes through iran in to pakistan. that is a big deal. that is our threat. that is our enemy in this war on terror...
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she has been relatively quiet during barack obama four years until lately. now i think all of our viewers know her because she went on all the sunday talk shows and told us everything that happened in benghazi was linked to this video which we know is not the case. can we ascend into the cabinet into this position in the cabinet given that? >> i think she would have a tough time in a confirmation hearing. a lot of the republicans and democrats have concerns about what happened in benghazi and the situation surround the attack on our consulate that resulted in four americans dying including our ambassador. her comments did not stand the test of credibility in the days after we learned more about what actually happened in benghazi. she has a lot of the questions to answer in a public hearing. john kerry has run for president. he ran to be commander-in-chief. his record has been scrutinize. susan rice does not have a great track record of public exposure of her performance in office and i think she would have to answer to some of the questions that have ris in
she has been relatively quiet during barack obama four years until lately. now i think all of our viewers know her because she went on all the sunday talk shows and told us everything that happened in benghazi was linked to this video which we know is not the case. can we ascend into the cabinet into this position in the cabinet given that? >> i think she would have a tough time in a confirmation hearing. a lot of the republicans and democrats have concerns about what happened in benghazi...
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i really don't think obama has any sort of plan for the economy. he had his four years to sort of give us an idea what he is going to do and in my opinion he has failed. two, i am really faith-based person. i'll catholic and, 90% of americans are, you know, rooted in some sort of religion. and i don't think that obama displays any form of faith at all. i think that's important to me. and finally, the whole pro-choice, pro-life thing. i'm a pro-life person. and you know, that is personally something that i found to be important when it came down to voting. >> when you talk to your friends, at the playground with other moms for example, what do you hear about republicans? what do you think is the perception? if i was to ask you, listen, that's what you took away, you ended up voting for romney, what do you think is an obstacle for the republican party overall? >> overall, hard to say what one thing is. i think republicans are really given a bad rap, at least conservatives. i don't necessarily consider myself republican. but i'm more conservative. i t
i really don't think obama has any sort of plan for the economy. he had his four years to sort of give us an idea what he is going to do and in my opinion he has failed. two, i am really faith-based person. i'll catholic and, 90% of americans are, you know, rooted in some sort of religion. and i don't think that obama displays any form of faith at all. i think that's important to me. and finally, the whole pro-choice, pro-life thing. i'm a pro-life person. and you know, that is personally...
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jenna: we are waiting to hear from president obama. we want to hear what he has to say including the scandals involving general david petraeus and general john allen. as we have been reporting, general david petraeus is offering to give voluntary testimony before congress. lawmakers want to uncover, as you just heard during the live press conference, why the attacks happened. why the administration handled the aftermath way they did. joining us now is a former fbi supervisor agent. he is author of a book that you see on your screen there. he was on the ground after the uss cole attack. now you are coming in as a supervising agent. investigating what happened. what is the malaria -- what similarities and differences are there with uss cole and after benghazi? >> with uss cole we lost 17 sailors. with benghazi, it is difficult to find a legitimate partner in benghazi. in yemen we had the difficulty, too. but i think that we were able to identify those who were involved and were able to interrogate them and get instructions from them. we
jenna: we are waiting to hear from president obama. we want to hear what he has to say including the scandals involving general david petraeus and general john allen. as we have been reporting, general david petraeus is offering to give voluntary testimony before congress. lawmakers want to uncover, as you just heard during the live press conference, why the attacks happened. why the administration handled the aftermath way they did. joining us now is a former fbi supervisor agent. he is author...
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obama is on the same page as them already. we've seen the last four years what stance he's taken as far as the unions are concerned and the progressives. this is patting a lot of people on the back, let's tax the rich, give to the poor and make sure the unions are okay. bill: you don't think the ball is going to move in this meeting. >> no. bill: jerry when do the small business leaders go to the white house and add their concerns. >> let me think, they don't now do they? you'll have head of major corporations. ge, american express, walmart, xerox, pepsi, ibm, one ones of those are small businesses? i don't really hear any of those names, that's what is happening tomorrow. bill: if you had small business leaders go to the white house, what their argument be? >> the argument would be let the business situation environment be easier for us. as a small business owner it's very difficult right now. we don't know where taxes are going, we don't know the situation with healthcare, regulations are increasing every day. say, hey, list
obama is on the same page as them already. we've seen the last four years what stance he's taken as far as the unions are concerned and the progressives. this is patting a lot of people on the back, let's tax the rich, give to the poor and make sure the unions are okay. bill: you don't think the ball is going to move in this meeting. >> no. bill: jerry when do the small business leaders go to the white house and add their concerns. >> let me think, they don't now do they? you'll...
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obama care is here to stay . health insurance companies will have to pay fees of 8 billion and climb up to top 14 billion and that makes sense why the stocks would fall. >> brian: this will cost you $3500 right away and that will affect the economy special 1.2 trillion in spending cuts along with tax raises . nine minutes after the hour, what is it going to be like for the next four years? is anybody going to work with each other. the president talked about working across the aisle. yesterday john boehner said he would work. and harry reid mentioned he likes to dance but can fight. >> the american people have spoke yen they reelected president obama and again a republican majority in the house of representatives and there is a man date in yesterday's results it is a man date for us to work together on the solutions and challenges that we face as a nation. >> the american people us to work together . i know how to fight and i know how to dance. i don't dance as well as i fight but i would rather dance any time. th
obama care is here to stay . health insurance companies will have to pay fees of 8 billion and climb up to top 14 billion and that makes sense why the stocks would fall. >> brian: this will cost you $3500 right away and that will affect the economy special 1.2 trillion in spending cuts along with tax raises . nine minutes after the hour, what is it going to be like for the next four years? is anybody going to work with each other. the president talked about working across the aisle....
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president obama is holding on to attorney general holder. he asked him to stay on for a second term and holder agreed. holder is facing criticism for reportedly knowing months ago that former cia director david petraeus was under investigation and never informed the president or did he? >> steve: forget bullets. we are learning that saddam hussein narrowlyy dodged being killed by a book. the israeli intelligence agency sent hussein an exploding book in the 1970s. huss was parrinoid and had an iraqi official open the book that contained the package which wound up killing that guy. >> brian: you don't want to be his letter opener. >> steve: who needs a food tester. saturday're hussein was absoluted after being captured in the spider hold by u.s.. >> brian: it would have saved us a lot of time and money. security camera footage catching the corporate jet and pilot seriously hurt and two passengers were able to escape from the plane and only had minor injuries. >> these numbers don't add up. taxpayers are spending 12 million on a state of art sc
president obama is holding on to attorney general holder. he asked him to stay on for a second term and holder agreed. holder is facing criticism for reportedly knowing months ago that former cia director david petraeus was under investigation and never informed the president or did he? >> steve: forget bullets. we are learning that saddam hussein narrowlyy dodged being killed by a book. the israeli intelligence agency sent hussein an exploding book in the 1970s. huss was parrinoid and...
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obama will stay in campaign mode. lobby lawmakers on capitol hill to fight benefit cuts in entitlement programs as part of the deal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. >> activists will send a message to our elected leaders that it's time to say no to benefit cuts for social security, medicare and medicaid. and yes to fair taxes. on the wealthiest 2%. you see it's time to rebuild america's middle class. not tear it down. >> reporter: the president had been willing to raise the medicare eligibility age and increase premiums in the deficit reduction deal that collapsed in july last year. he withdrew the offer and in the plan released last fall. republicans say exit polls suggesting seniors favored mitt romney by 56-44% show they didn't reject republican ideas on changing medicare. today's meeting just the first in a series before mr. obama meets with congressional leaders on friday. he will meet with business leaders and civic leaders tomorrow and. as part of a different strategy that he used in last year's deficit red
obama will stay in campaign mode. lobby lawmakers on capitol hill to fight benefit cuts in entitlement programs as part of the deal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. >> activists will send a message to our elected leaders that it's time to say no to benefit cuts for social security, medicare and medicaid. and yes to fair taxes. on the wealthiest 2%. you see it's time to rebuild america's middle class. not tear it down. >> reporter: the president had been willing to raise the...
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obama needs in my view, faster growth not 1%, 2%, get it up to 3, 4%. is he able to get that. does he understands that and try to shift policies in a way that aim for that goal because that would leave him much more popular four years from now. >> i think he has no clue, very simply. look, we have discussed many times on the show how obama wants to take federal spending from a historic 20% of grosse pointe woods up to around 24% because he needs it up there to do all the things that he promised in the campaign, which is to subsidize education, subsidize energy and so forth, he needs a higher level of spending, the idea is that if you have large levels of federal spending, keynesian response and stimulates the economy, and first term proves it doesn't work and if he does it again, there's no way he's going to get high growth. >> paul: and what political would you expect, to say, okay, this is a move to the middle. >> you can see how he responds to john boehner, said this week, signaled that he's willing to accept maybe the government will collect some more revenue, but let's no
obama needs in my view, faster growth not 1%, 2%, get it up to 3, 4%. is he able to get that. does he understands that and try to shift policies in a way that aim for that goal because that would leave him much more popular four years from now. >> i think he has no clue, very simply. look, we have discussed many times on the show how obama wants to take federal spending from a historic 20% of grosse pointe woods up to around 24% because he needs it up there to do all the things that he...
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president obama doesn't quite have the fire h his belly. >> no doubt that president obama s a good stump speaker. he is very good at it but the message i mean i tell you i think he was helped by being up there in that disaster area. but when gets back on the road with the ronnesia and those things he comes down from the great pedestal and pull pit of the presidency and becomes another candidate like someone in the the primaries going after a frontrunner and i think that diminishes the president. i do think, as i say, he interrupted romney's momentum. i think he also got himself up in that pull pit and squashed the benghazi thing for a week. but i think since that i think he has been going back to where he was. me might find out in gallup, gallup at points at mitt up five and six and seven points. see where he shows you up tomorrow morning. >> greta: i don't know why any one is paying attention to the national polls right now. i'm only paying attention to colorado and ohio and pennsylvania and florida, wisconsin. >> if mitt romney is going to win let's say gallup by five points then state
president obama doesn't quite have the fire h his belly. >> no doubt that president obama s a good stump speaker. he is very good at it but the message i mean i tell you i think he was helped by being up there in that disaster area. but when gets back on the road with the ronnesia and those things he comes down from the great pedestal and pull pit of the presidency and becomes another candidate like someone in the the primaries going after a frontrunner and i think that diminishes the...
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that is a state that obama won by 260,000 votes so they is wiped out the obama lead. >> i am not a numbers person, i try to pull out of that but i try to look at feeling. certainly, when you look at ohio in 2008, i don't think there is any republican who could have sat here with a straight face and said we got this, at least it is a dead heat going in which is what this show has said would happen, that obama would have a fairly good summer, romney would have a good fall and without have an obligate surprise which we did and everything would tighten and come down to turn out on tuesday. >> do you think the bomber jacket top gun look helps president obama? >> it changed my vote. i tell you that. he looked fantastic. i saw the price tag. it just came out of the box. the swing you are talking about, many less democrats and a lot more republicans and the only kind of swinging that bob doesn't like. another public here, i could not resist. the only joke i had. four men arrested in ohio, stealing signs. steal willing signs. they were romney signs and where did they buy the signs? they found them
that is a state that obama won by 260,000 votes so they is wiped out the obama lead. >> i am not a numbers person, i try to pull out of that but i try to look at feeling. certainly, when you look at ohio in 2008, i don't think there is any republican who could have sat here with a straight face and said we got this, at least it is a dead heat going in which is what this show has said would happen, that obama would have a fairly good summer, romney would have a good fall and without have...
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obama says for revenge, i say for love of country. and that is the perfect contract of large, contrast of large versus small and i think it was a mistake obama will regret. >> bret: i think, charles, both campaigns tout newspaper endorsements all across the country and both campaigns have a long list. but the romney campaign has some interesting recent endorsements, especially in the state of ohio and the state of iowa. the des moines register, and now the new york daily news. >> and now, in wisconsin, where the wisconsin state journal, which is the second largest paper in the state, has in fact endorsed obama in '08 flipped. there's a study from the uc santa barbara that 11 people have switched, obama in '08, romney in 12, versus one that switched the other way. which, however you believe it, the paper's influence the electorate or not, it reflects what all of us know. we all know people who were for the republicans in '08 and who have not shifted. we know almost none who have shifted, but we know a lot of people who were for obama i
obama says for revenge, i say for love of country. and that is the perfect contract of large, contrast of large versus small and i think it was a mistake obama will regret. >> bret: i think, charles, both campaigns tout newspaper endorsements all across the country and both campaigns have a long list. but the romney campaign has some interesting recent endorsements, especially in the state of ohio and the state of iowa. the des moines register, and now the new york daily news. >>...
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those democrats are going to vote against obama. they didn't go early voting to vote for obama. they are next to west virginia where a convicted felon got 40% of the democratic primary for president. so i think you are likely to see a romney, my personal gets guess is you will see a romney landslide, 53% plus in the popular and vote and 300 electoral votes plus and we may come very close to capturing control of the senate in that context. >> i polled the people who are looking at the polls. and the people who are projecting a gov. romney win are dick morris, michael, karl rove, joe galer, someone you told me about and rush limbaugh i heard in that sound bite. >> but it's two different universes. either the traditional liberal media and pollsters of right and they believe there will be a huge obama turnout, but i was very struck yesterday when the new york times reporter said the states he had been this last week, his phrase as the organic enthusiasm was all for romney. there was a mechanical machine for obama and there was organic enthusiasm for romney. my experience in politics
those democrats are going to vote against obama. they didn't go early voting to vote for obama. they are next to west virginia where a convicted felon got 40% of the democratic primary for president. so i think you are likely to see a romney, my personal gets guess is you will see a romney landslide, 53% plus in the popular and vote and 300 electoral votes plus and we may come very close to capturing control of the senate in that context. >> i polled the people who are looking at the...
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if they are wrong in the obama folks are right about the turnout model then obama is going to win florida and ohio and all of these swing states. i really believe that. i find for a lot of reasons what is interesting is people who have done this for a reading know how to read these thing. i look at them. i look at the same things dick morris and karl rove and others have looked at. i believe the obama turnout model will be different than on election day. i may be sitting here with egg on my face. >> off my rocker is the expression i used. >> exactly. i am saying right now for pens to be in place the romney model has to be in place. if that is true i don't understand what he is doing in virginia or going back to florida. these states should be in the bag in states like pennsylvania in play. here's what i think is going on. either both campaigns believe in their turnout model but fear the other one is right. if you believe your turnout model is right and believe you are going to win pennsylvania but you fear romney president clinton to rool lee the troops and play defense for you. the romne
if they are wrong in the obama folks are right about the turnout model then obama is going to win florida and ohio and all of these swing states. i really believe that. i find for a lot of reasons what is interesting is people who have done this for a reading know how to read these thing. i look at them. i look at the same things dick morris and karl rove and others have looked at. i believe the obama turnout model will be different than on election day. i may be sitting here with egg on my...
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that is if the obama administration allows it. so, steve, you've been out to the shale in north dakota where it's coming from, and fracking so-called, and drilling and private risk taking. what does it mean for the u.s. energy markets? >> well, this is such a great, great pro american stir and by the way, paul, it's not just oil, it's also natural gas. >> paul: right, sure. >> my goodness we have more natural gas than the rest of the world combined and it's driven by the technological improvements and a five or ten year technological lead than the countries we're competing with. it's interesting, paul, if you look the at the last three or four years, now what industry has created more than any other industry in the united states. >> paul: the electric car industry, steve? (laughter) >> no, not that one. oil and gas and the thing that's so amazing, the president is doing almost everything he can to try to hold this back with regulations and with not allowi allowing permitting most of the oil and gas development is going out on priv
that is if the obama administration allows it. so, steve, you've been out to the shale in north dakota where it's coming from, and fracking so-called, and drilling and private risk taking. what does it mean for the u.s. energy markets? >> well, this is such a great, great pro american stir and by the way, paul, it's not just oil, it's also natural gas. >> paul: right, sure. >> my goodness we have more natural gas than the rest of the world combined and it's driven by the...
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i disagree with what check said about obama hamming the cards. obama is not running again. it's not going to help him if his popularity increases. he wrecks the american economy. by sending in to a recession by going over the cliff. it's terrible policy to do what would happen unless obama yids somewhat in his deman on the higher rates. we will have defense cuts and destroy the military and cause res ig neigh on principle and end us to recession and not solve the entitlement program. we have the worst economy. entitlement out of control and cuts in discretionary spending in defense and high taxes with stalled economy. is that how he wants to have a second term? he is not running again. popularity numbers are irrelevant. he knows if he goes over the cliff he will have the worst second term in the last 50 years. i think the cards are held equally. i heard him say, he was open to other ways to use revenues. new ideas he called it. there is a compromise out there where rates are not raised at all or perhaps redefine what the rich are, say $1 million or up, the chuck schumer ide
i disagree with what check said about obama hamming the cards. obama is not running again. it's not going to help him if his popularity increases. he wrecks the american economy. by sending in to a recession by going over the cliff. it's terrible policy to do what would happen unless obama yids somewhat in his deman on the higher rates. we will have defense cuts and destroy the military and cause res ig neigh on principle and end us to recession and not solve the entitlement program. we have...
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president obama won. rihana put one in the air for the prez. dear obama. ricky martin, remember that 47%? >> dana: what about beyonce? >> kimberly: beyonce had one, too. >> dana: something about mitchs. >> kimberly: i thought it was fantastic. >> bob: me too. >> greg: he wasn't listening. >> bob: i was. i want to say after this all is said and done how right the polls were. hour wrong people who kept dutching on polls were. take a look at four on the money for the most part. abc, nbc and pew and the ppp poll. the only ones off were the ones we kept focusing on in this show. which was gallup and rasmusse rasmussen. but nonetheless, the state polls were accurate. i give great, great deal of credit to pollsters out there. you did a good job and hit it on the money. when people say you were off and got it wrong. >> eric: you forgot one. fox news was on it as well. they went with d-6 and d-7. everybody said really? >> kimberly: fox news. i'd like to correct you. we have covered all of the polls on this show. as we do. >> greg: many polls. >> dana: ask greg. >>
president obama won. rihana put one in the air for the prez. dear obama. ricky martin, remember that 47%? >> dana: what about beyonce? >> kimberly: beyonce had one, too. >> dana: something about mitchs. >> kimberly: i thought it was fantastic. >> bob: me too. >> greg: he wasn't listening. >> bob: i was. i want to say after this all is said and done how right the polls were. hour wrong people who kept dutching on polls were. take a look at four on the...
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obama care. energy. all that just got wiped off the page for four or five days and that had the effect of getting everybody's mind off the election. that started over here in the last day or so. >> that is the funny thing about momentum. i'm sure you experience this, governor. one day you have it and the other day you don't but you can get it back. how lasting do you think the effect it on the romney campaign? >> nothing obama did broke romney's momentum. all the way through october obama would attack and attack and be very condescending. didn't help. in fact, it may have hurt him with women. but the blackout took all this off people's minds and now we are seeing who kind of gets the momentum back going. it is very, very close and the new york times i guess i shouldn't be surprised by what gets written in the "new york times" but almost every one of these battleground states the polling is within the margin of error. very few polls has obama got over 50% of the vote. normally a president in the last poll
obama care. energy. all that just got wiped off the page for four or five days and that had the effect of getting everybody's mind off the election. that started over here in the last day or so. >> that is the funny thing about momentum. i'm sure you experience this, governor. one day you have it and the other day you don't but you can get it back. how lasting do you think the effect it on the romney campaign? >> nothing obama did broke romney's momentum. all the way through october...
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president obama won that race. when the democrats back then were running for office, they were riding a huge wave of enthusiasm. 11% of registered democrats turned out to vote before election day. they were highly motivated. this year, about 6% have shown up this time around. in 2008, more likely voters identified themselves as democrats vendor today. voters choosing to register as independents or republicans. how did we get to this point? bradley is with us. even when you watch that clip, doesn't it make you feel something? >> absolutely. i was inspired by that rally. i went to the inaugural and i was inspired by that. but the hope for change that so many people had, i didn't vote for this president, but he was my president, and i was caught up in enthusiasm the enthusiasm myself. the problem is this president has a record that cannot be defended. everything he hope for america, he did not deliver on. americans remember that. they remember what he has been deficient on, whether it is the economy, gas prices, immig
president obama won that race. when the democrats back then were running for office, they were riding a huge wave of enthusiasm. 11% of registered democrats turned out to vote before election day. they were highly motivated. this year, about 6% have shown up this time around. in 2008, more likely voters identified themselves as democrats vendor today. voters choosing to register as independents or republicans. how did we get to this point? bradley is with us. even when you watch that clip,...
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so did barack obama. but i think the result we saw last night points to something much bigger, and that is that president obama and the left have had enormous success over the last four years, and it didn't start with obama, but certainly he accelerated this process of changing the very nature and character of the country where more people now are dependent on government than not. he had tried to accelerate us to that tipping point -- megyn: we're going to talk about that. >> last night shows -- megyn: we have a panel on that coming up at 2:30, but i just want to get a quick, quick, quick response, the status of women in the republican party. your thoughts. how much work, if any, do they have to do? >> well, i mean, they've always been at a disadvantage, and they obviously have to do a lot more work, and i think they have to figure out how to shut down some of these people who say crazy things -- megyn: legitimate rape. >> what happens is it makes abortion a proxy for women's rights. it means now, you kno
so did barack obama. but i think the result we saw last night points to something much bigger, and that is that president obama and the left have had enormous success over the last four years, and it didn't start with obama, but certainly he accelerated this process of changing the very nature and character of the country where more people now are dependent on government than not. he had tried to accelerate us to that tipping point -- megyn: we're going to talk about that. >> last night...
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i don't think it will be that easy for the obama machine or team to drag reluctant obama volters from o890 the polls. if you had to put a gun to my head i'd predict romney but it's too close to call. jon: they have romney winning 47-40. republicans are heartened by that. they say it's hard to win an election for president if you are not winning the independent vote. >> if he wins independents by 5, 6 points he'll probably win the election. i talked to one pollster this morning who said, look if more low propensity voters vote it probably helps president obama . if you get the enthusiastic voters voting, and some voters who 0 are disappointed with president obama, they can't quite bring themselves to vote for a republican, for mitt romney they don't agree with him on some issues they may just stay home and that scenario, mitt romney wins. obviously everybody depends on who votes. i'm struck personally because i've talked with democrats who have been very loyal democrats. one or two are not voting this year, one or two are voting for romney. i know of no one going the other way. i talke
i don't think it will be that easy for the obama machine or team to drag reluctant obama volters from o890 the polls. if you had to put a gun to my head i'd predict romney but it's too close to call. jon: they have romney winning 47-40. republicans are heartened by that. they say it's hard to win an election for president if you are not winning the independent vote. >> if he wins independents by 5, 6 points he'll probably win the election. i talked to one pollster this morning who said,...
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four years ago barack obama was elected. part of the appeal was not his policy it was the idea he was going to bring america together and usher in a new era where it would be elevated instead the idea we are going to pit men against women employers against employees rich against poor in a calculated effort to give themselves a better hand in election time. people injury sent that. oo frooin-- >> you have spun off with your own talk show. >> you have your own merv griffin set over there. where did that come from? >> if that's merv griffin that's the poverty version of merv griffin. rubio has the language of the population down cold and josh mandel has been gaining because he speaks with this anti washington mood. i want to you play a few segments with some of the voters in dayton, ohio you can hear the anger and frustration in their voices. >> i am so afraid of four more years with obama. god bless him. he has a philosophical difference that is nowhere near i would say 90 percent of the americans in the oppressive thoughts. t
four years ago barack obama was elected. part of the appeal was not his policy it was the idea he was going to bring america together and usher in a new era where it would be elevated instead the idea we are going to pit men against women employers against employees rich against poor in a calculated effort to give themselves a better hand in election time. people injury sent that. oo frooin-- >> you have spun off with your own talk show. >> you have your own merv griffin set over...
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. >> wardrobe change for president obama. flashing a bomber jacket from air force one to remind even he is still commander-in-chief for now. and while aides are also promising a change in message, with a new more positive tone in his final case -- >> our fight goes on because we know this nation cannot succeed. without a growing, thying middle class. >> he is still going negative on romney with the campaign today charging the republican would be rubber stamp for the right wing. >> he is saying he is the candidate of change. well, let me tell you, wisconsin, we know what change looks like. governor is all for ensuring change. giving more power back to the biggest banks isn't change. leighing millions without health insurance isn't change. another $5 trillion tax cut to favor wealthy isn't change. >> the punches are still flying because the president knows the race is far from over. especially since he is still waiting for friday's october jobs report. one of the last unknowns about the race. today, weekly applications for unem
. >> wardrobe change for president obama. flashing a bomber jacket from air force one to remind even he is still commander-in-chief for now. and while aides are also promising a change in message, with a new more positive tone in his final case -- >> our fight goes on because we know this nation cannot succeed. without a growing, thying middle class. >> he is still going negative on romney with the campaign today charging the republican would be rubber stamp for the right...
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obama was behind by five. obama rallied. looking at the polls yesterday and today, romney is back ahead one or two in the national. that could sway over the battleground state. >> see you tomorrow. thank you. >> pleasure. current and former intelligence officials tell fox news classified stable in benghazi libya could not defend itself against a coordinated attack. most certainly would have gone to the white house. national security staff. also today, more questions about what president obama said. immediately following the deadly assault. cbs news has released another segment of its interview with the president. conducted one day after the murder of the u.s. ambassador and three other americans. >> this morning, you went out of your way to avoid the use of the word terrornist connection with the libya attack. >> i can't believe this was a terrorist attack. >> it's too early to know exactly how this came about. what group was involved. it was an attack on americans. we are going to be working with the libyan government to ma
obama was behind by five. obama rallied. looking at the polls yesterday and today, romney is back ahead one or two in the national. that could sway over the battleground state. >> see you tomorrow. thank you. >> pleasure. current and former intelligence officials tell fox news classified stable in benghazi libya could not defend itself against a coordinated attack. most certainly would have gone to the white house. national security staff. also today, more questions about what...
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president obama 52. >> on to pennsylvania president obama 52 percent romney 47. we have team coverage of all of these election results and more. we have more on the president's victory. >> we also have heather nauert with a look at the exit polls and ainsley earhardt breaking down the balance of power in congress. we start with kelly wright. >> heather, patti ann good morning to you. after his election victory president obama is sounding a con sill tory tone. he has learned from those who supported him as well as those who opposed him. because of that he will return to washington more hardened and with more resolve. the president and his family greeted supporters who gathered in chicago to celebrate his victory. people from every background and ethnicity clearing fin the background some chanting four more years. they reached the speech before the jubilant crowd extending a message to all americans. >> whether i have earned your vote or not, i have listened to you. i have learned from you. you have made me a better president. with your stories and your struggles,
president obama 52. >> on to pennsylvania president obama 52 percent romney 47. we have team coverage of all of these election results and more. we have more on the president's victory. >> we also have heather nauert with a look at the exit polls and ainsley earhardt breaking down the balance of power in congress. we start with kelly wright. >> heather, patti ann good morning to you. after his election victory president obama is sounding a con sill tory tone. he has learned...
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obama knows, he doesn't know. who knows? certainly not us. mommy ain't buying it and getting impatient. despite the tough i go act at the lectern the affair makes as much sense as left-handed frying pan. obama said he called it terrorism the day after and rice says it wasn't. which leads back to who said blame the video? obama ran with the foreign policy from years of community organizing. in chicago we learn value of phony outrage. >> let me say specifically about susan rice. she has done exemplary work. she made an appearance at the request of the white house where she gave her best understanding of the intelligence provided to her. if senator mccain and graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. but for them to go after the u.n. ambassador, who had nothing to do with benghazi, and was simply making a presentation based on intelligence that she had received, bemichelle her reputation -- besmirch her reputation is outrageous. >> greg: what is going on here? and rage over criticism of benghazi sparks th spark -- exc
obama knows, he doesn't know. who knows? certainly not us. mommy ain't buying it and getting impatient. despite the tough i go act at the lectern the affair makes as much sense as left-handed frying pan. obama said he called it terrorism the day after and rice says it wasn't. which leads back to who said blame the video? obama ran with the foreign policy from years of community organizing. in chicago we learn value of phony outrage. >> let me say specifically about susan rice. she has...
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this is not the hope and change obama, this was not, there's no red state and blue state obama. he won ugly, it's divisive and if this is the template for how democrats want to win elections going forward to this-- >> and i can tell you what the reaction in the white house would be if they heard you say that, they would say get over it, grow up, this is politics, republicans got a, you know, put on their boxing gloves and get over it. >> oh, yeah. >> paul: so what? you know. >> i won, you know, suck it up. >> i agree. this is the new benchmark the way you win a presidential campaign. no question about it, it's too bad, but that's the way it is. i want to elaborate on one of kim's points. the turnout machine, it did not materialize after the convention in august. we need to pay a lot more attention to the so-called obama ground game. in some ways, trying to talk about this in neutral terms, it's somewhat analogous to a corporation's marketing campaign for a new product. and they don't just do that overnight. obama kept offices open after the 2008 campaign in iowa, in ohio, in flo
this is not the hope and change obama, this was not, there's no red state and blue state obama. he won ugly, it's divisive and if this is the template for how democrats want to win elections going forward to this-- >> and i can tell you what the reaction in the white house would be if they heard you say that, they would say get over it, grow up, this is politics, republicans got a, you know, put on their boxing gloves and get over it. >> oh, yeah. >> paul: so what? you know....
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president obama will be with wisconsin, iowa. romney will be in florida, virginia, ohio and new hampshire. how important are these closing arguments? >> it is important to energize supporters. the president is talking about his record. he is running commercials about his record. when he talks about what he inherited he did inherit a mess and he is giving context so people understand just how bad things were so they can see how far we have come. we have come a very long way. >> you know it's interesting to hear you say that tara. when you think about the president looking at some of the job growth they have had, this has been the most anemic recovery in 40 years. you look back to ronald reagan when he caught taxes and got business stimulated you had 9 straight quarters of economic growth averaging 6 percent this president has had 3 quarters. >> reagan -- >> thank you both for joining us. be sure to tune in to fox news tomorrow night for all of your election results. our special coverage of the presidential election starts 6:00 p.m
president obama will be with wisconsin, iowa. romney will be in florida, virginia, ohio and new hampshire. how important are these closing arguments? >> it is important to energize supporters. the president is talking about his record. he is running commercials about his record. when he talks about what he inherited he did inherit a mess and he is giving context so people understand just how bad things were so they can see how far we have come. we have come a very long way. >> you...
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chicago barack obama. you know, out there, yeah, you take tbring it to me. >> where are are we going to find? i this is the first press conference in eight months. we are supposed to bring it to you. >> it's a week after the election he does a press conference-- >>> he hasn't been here in nine months. >> answers questions straight on. >> sean: [overlapping dialogue] >> i liked-- >>> that's a good point. >> he didn't answer one question. >> he did answer the question about susan rice, told people to leave her alone. >> he said, she didn't know anything about benghazi, why was she out there, speaking about benghazi? she doesn't. why are you peculiaring on her? [overlapping dialogue] >> we dealt with the issues as they came up, at that time. it has since been corrected -- [overlapping dialogue] >> sean: it hasn't been corrected. >> it has been corrected. the president came out and said it was a terrorist attack. >> sean: where was he -- tell me, where was he the night of the attack? do you know? >> i don't kn
chicago barack obama. you know, out there, yeah, you take tbring it to me. >> where are are we going to find? i this is the first press conference in eight months. we are supposed to bring it to you. >> it's a week after the election he does a press conference-- >>> he hasn't been here in nine months. >> answers questions straight on. >> sean: [overlapping dialogue] >> i liked-- >>> that's a good point. >> he didn't answer one question....
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what does president obama do? he makes travel plans to leave the country. go figure am meanwhile, we are dangerously close to the edge of the fiscal cliff. >> folks, what is going to happen in the next four years fobama is true to form, that's the problem here. the mechanism for recovery is isn't going to be there. >> raising taxes on small business people is the wrong prescription, given where our economy is. >> is it on the table to talk about it -- the wealthier americans -- >> i made it clear yesterday, raising tax rates is unacceptable and it couldn't even pass the house. >> i would like a real republican party to am come back because the democrats need to have their feet held to the fire, also. but you need to have -- [overlapping dialogue] >> you can't have crazies running a party. on both sides. >> by the way, california is where we are head audio california is almost, folks, a microcosm of where the country is headed. >> i mean if they are balkanized out there, it's a bunch of different states. the rich live in a few places and the rest of the stat
what does president obama do? he makes travel plans to leave the country. go figure am meanwhile, we are dangerously close to the edge of the fiscal cliff. >> folks, what is going to happen in the next four years fobama is true to form, that's the problem here. the mechanism for recovery is isn't going to be there. >> raising taxes on small business people is the wrong prescription, given where our economy is. >> is it on the table to talk about it -- the wealthier americans...
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it finds obama leading romney 47-45%. that is the second poll in the week that has shown a tight race in michigan. >> it's not too late to turn this around. we can save medicare and social security. we can cut spending to get this budget balanced and pay off this debt. we can get people out of poverty and back to the middle-class. we can get america back on the right track and give our kids a debt free future. >> so ask yourself, who do you trust to be straight with you, to level with you. who do you trust to stand up for the middle-class and measuring? ladies and gentlemen, we are not. these guys, we are not in decline. they are in denial. >> you got fundamentals in this race. one of the fundamentals is the economy is horrible. you have the tea party that arisen since 2010. you have romney momentum. you've got people, people decided that obama is incompetent. he can't run on anything. those are serious fundamentals. >> when we get to election day, people who are genuinely independent i think are going to break slightly o
it finds obama leading romney 47-45%. that is the second poll in the week that has shown a tight race in michigan. >> it's not too late to turn this around. we can save medicare and social security. we can cut spending to get this budget balanced and pay off this debt. we can get people out of poverty and back to the middle-class. we can get america back on the right track and give our kids a debt free future. >> so ask yourself, who do you trust to be straight with you, to level...
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we have hillary clinton, eric holder and we have president obama. what did they know? when did they know it? injecting me now jay from law and justice and former c.i.a. covert operations officer and president of diligence llc, mike baker. welcome to hannity. what do you think. >> i think the first thing we had an october surprise in the election but we didn't find out about it until november. the situation with general petraeus while tragic for his family is not really the issue. its horrible set of events. but we had a chief c.i.a. director, chief spy for america so to speak, compromised. the attorney general of the united states knew this in september and failed to the tell the president of the united states that his c.i.a. director was being investigated by the f.b.i. i cannot imagine eric homelander would have done this. it was dereliction of duty. >> sean: he might not have done it. he may have told the president. >> this the question that the american people need to ask. how is it that the chief of the c.i.a. was under an f.b.i. investigation and the department o
we have hillary clinton, eric holder and we have president obama. what did they know? when did they know it? injecting me now jay from law and justice and former c.i.a. covert operations officer and president of diligence llc, mike baker. welcome to hannity. what do you think. >> i think the first thing we had an october surprise in the election but we didn't find out about it until november. the situation with general petraeus while tragic for his family is not really the issue. its...
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obama won by 262,000. democrats traditionally win the early voting early and absentee and lose on election day. >> sean: you sound confident about ohio? >> it is a coin toss. i mean i do think this. i think there is something going on out there and we he saw it in the des moines register poll today. you're right, the intense sit on the republican side. there is something else there. the woman who runs the des moines register poll who knows that state intimately said wait a minute, obama is ahead but 5% of our sample said we have a choice and we are not telling you who it is. i doubt those people are for obama. >> sean: new hampshire tied. wisconsin tied. pennsylvania tied. wisconsin tied. michigan tied and minnesota one point race. going to be a fun night on tuesday. >> doug: and nevada close. >> sean: and same thing there with early voting. >> a little more complicated picture there but the republicans are in the hunt there. >> sean: prediction? i stand by what i said thursday not the "wall street journal
obama won by 262,000. democrats traditionally win the early voting early and absentee and lose on election day. >> sean: you sound confident about ohio? >> it is a coin toss. i mean i do think this. i think there is something going on out there and we he saw it in the des moines register poll today. you're right, the intense sit on the republican side. there is something else there. the woman who runs the des moines register poll who knows that state intimately said wait a minute,...
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obama won by 262,000. democrats traditionally win the early voting and lose on election day. >> you sound confident about all of this? >> it is a coin toss. i mean i do think this. i think there is something going on out there we saw in the des moines register poll today. there is something else there. the whoman who runs the des moines poll said wait a minute obama is ahead but 5 percent of the sample said we have a choice we are not telling you who it is. i doubt those people are for obama. >> we have claremont, warren, butler, new hampshire tied, pennsylvania tied, wisconsin tied, michigan tied and minnesota one point race. >> it will be a fun night on tuesday. >> little more complicated picture there, but yeah, the republicans are in the hunt there. >> prediction? >> i stand by what i said thursday in the wall street journal. i think it will be very close which is 51-48 which could be a two-point to to and a half point race. romney gets 282. >> i am sticking with you. i think it's a two-point race. >>
obama won by 262,000. democrats traditionally win the early voting and lose on election day. >> you sound confident about all of this? >> it is a coin toss. i mean i do think this. i think there is something going on out there we saw in the des moines register poll today. there is something else there. the whoman who runs the des moines poll said wait a minute obama is ahead but 5 percent of the sample said we have a choice we are not telling you who it is. i doubt those people are...
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unmarried women voted for obama by margin of 67% to 31%. governor, you say to republicans don't change principles, modernize, don't moderate. you to know during the campaign the democrats hammer your party when it came to freedom of choice on abortion. when it came to access of birth control and funding planed parenthood. how do you convince unmarried women you are looking out for them? >> chris, a couple of things. one, we can be true to principles. i'm pro-life. i follow teachings of the church and faith. we don't need to demonize those who disagree with us. others came to conclusion. have a zil debate. we don't need to say student things. we have candidates that hurt themselves and hurt the republican party across the board. we can be true. the majority think the democratic party is likely to cut taxes on the republican party, we have a problem with the single women and middle class voters and across the country. we have a serious problem making sure that the voters understand what we as a party stand for. once we get back on track, we a
unmarried women voted for obama by margin of 67% to 31%. governor, you say to republicans don't change principles, modernize, don't moderate. you to know during the campaign the democrats hammer your party when it came to freedom of choice on abortion. when it came to access of birth control and funding planed parenthood. how do you convince unmarried women you are looking out for them? >> chris, a couple of things. one, we can be true to principles. i'm pro-life. i follow teachings of...
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you say i think they are going after obama. i just want them to say the idea of them going after obama, that doesn't make me happy at all. i have to do my background, but i am a big fan of holding barack obama accountable. >> and impeaching him. >> i was going to ask, do you think he will end up being impeached over this? >> of course. >> and it is -- and if not, he should be. that goes without saying. >> agree to agree. >> and sandra, you make an interesting point about susan rice as well. you say should she continue in this role basically if she was being a puppet or a parrot that was parroting talking points, but in reality, wasn't that what hillary clinton was doing as well? >> that i will leave up to one's opinion. but at the end of the day, i think if somebody is going to hold a position of power they should have authority. she should have the authority and be able to decide for herself what information she is putting across the air waves. that influences society. that influences our country. she might as well be a spokes
you say i think they are going after obama. i just want them to say the idea of them going after obama, that doesn't make me happy at all. i have to do my background, but i am a big fan of holding barack obama accountable. >> and impeaching him. >> i was going to ask, do you think he will end up being impeached over this? >> of course. >> and it is -- and if not, he should be. that goes without saying. >> agree to agree. >> and sandra, you make an interesting...
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and president obama visited some of the people after -- still hurting after hurricane sandy. we'll hear from him and one of the people dealing in the aftermath. the crisis in israel, and the crisis in the aftermath of the storm, those are both coming up. >>> continuing to watch live images coming in from the gaza. this is 10:23 p.m. obviously it is hours later there and night fall has been with them for many hours. our correspondent mentioned that the israeli air force are flying this, and they have hit a lot of targets today. the question is what happens with ground troops. let's bring in the former intelligence officer of defense. mike, good of you, thank you. let's start with the ground troops. it is one thing to uh mass them and another to send them. >> it is, but are you talking about 30,000 reservists, and the missal that was sent to israel. it has gotten a lot worse. i would have said this would be over in a couple days, but it looks now much more significant. >> condemnation has come from the egyptians. it is so much instability there and a lot of fears. >> so the big
and president obama visited some of the people after -- still hurting after hurricane sandy. we'll hear from him and one of the people dealing in the aftermath. the crisis in israel, and the crisis in the aftermath of the storm, those are both coming up. >>> continuing to watch live images coming in from the gaza. this is 10:23 p.m. obviously it is hours later there and night fall has been with them for many hours. our correspondent mentioned that the israeli air force are flying this,...
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but that has been the obama way. they accused the republicans incessantly of voter suppression but these people have been responsible for massive collective systemic truth suppression. it is not just the white house that has to answer for this but the lap dogs in the media, i would like to know were there any outlets informed of this and co told to keep it quiet, the same way we know many journalists were apprised of benghazi and kept quiet about it to serve this campaign's needs before the election? again, people's blood should be boiling. >> asked whether the incident was an act of war the pentagon spokesman said he would not legally label it. >>> before you leave the house this morning let's get the first degree weather update for janice dean. what's it looking like for the weekend? >> the eastern half of the country looks quiet. the northeast is quiet. we are going to warm up. man, that is great news, isn't it? we don't have any storms on the horizon for the foreseeable future. that is our nor' easter moving up a
but that has been the obama way. they accused the republicans incessantly of voter suppression but these people have been responsible for massive collective systemic truth suppression. it is not just the white house that has to answer for this but the lap dogs in the media, i would like to know were there any outlets informed of this and co told to keep it quiet, the same way we know many journalists were apprised of benghazi and kept quiet about it to serve this campaign's needs before the...
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she is a career diplomat, i don't think she needs barack obama to take up for her in a press conference she has been doing this for a long time. she either going to the answer questions if he thinks that is unfair, he can come answer 'em. >> mike: congressman when you were on a few weeks ago, you indicated that you felt like general petraeus needed to come and testify and you would be willing to compel him to do so. right now, he has done that. he did it voluntarily, he didn't have to but he did it under oath. what about hillary clinton, the secretary of state. will she be subpoenaed if she does not voluntarily come to the committees and go through a fulltime of testimony? >> the short answer is yes. but i believe she has already volunteered to come. here's the issue general petraeus has come once. he hasn't come before the oversight committee, he hasn't come before judiciary and other committees of jurisdiction. the notion that you can come once in a closed door hearing with no cameras and public not know what is going on and the rest of us not be able to ask questions, that is not goi
she is a career diplomat, i don't think she needs barack obama to take up for her in a press conference she has been doing this for a long time. she either going to the answer questions if he thinks that is unfair, he can come answer 'em. >> mike: congressman when you were on a few weeks ago, you indicated that you felt like general petraeus needed to come and testify and you would be willing to compel him to do so. right now, he has done that. he did it voluntarily, he didn't have to but...